ST ELESBAAN, KING AND CONFESSOR - 27th OCTOBER
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1. St Elesbaan was king of the Axumite, who were a powerful 6th century nation, during the reign of Justin the Elder. The mildness and prudence of his government was a sensible
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1. St Elesbaan was king of the Axumite, who were a powerful 6th century nation, during the reign of Justin the Elder. The mildness and prudence of his government was a sensible
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2. proof how great a blessing a people enjoy in a king who is free from inordinate passions and selfish views, to gratify which princes so often become tyrants.
This good king, however, was obliged to engage in a war. But his motives were justice and God's glory; and the
This good king, however, was obliged to engage in a war. But his motives were justice and God's glory; and the
3. exaltation of both was the fruit of his victory.
Dunaan, a Jew who had usurped the sovereignty in Arabia Felix, persecuted the Christians.
The Emperor Justin the Elder engaged St Elesbaan to transport his forces into Arabia, and drive away the usurper Dunaan.
Dunaan, a Jew who had usurped the sovereignty in Arabia Felix, persecuted the Christians.
The Emperor Justin the Elder engaged St Elesbaan to transport his forces into Arabia, and drive away the usurper Dunaan.
4. St Elesbaan, having by the divine blessing defeated the tyrant, made use of his victory with great clemency, rebuilt the church at Taphar; and, by laying the first stone, would be himself the first architect.
Nonnus, in his Legation testifies in 527, several years after
Nonnus, in his Legation testifies in 527, several years after
5. this war, that Elesbaan then resided at Axuma, a very great city, capital of Ethiopia.
At length, this good king, leaving his dominions to a son who was heir of his zeal and piety no less than of his kingdom, put on sackcloth, and retired secretly in the night out of the
At length, this good king, leaving his dominions to a son who was heir of his zeal and piety no less than of his kingdom, put on sackcloth, and retired secretly in the night out of the
6. palace and city to a holy monastery situated on a solitary mountain, where he took the monastic habit, and shut himself up in a cell for the remaining part of his life.
His food was only bread, with which he sometimes took a few dry herbs. He would not allow himself the
His food was only bread, with which he sometimes took a few dry herbs. He would not allow himself the
7. least distinction above the last among his brethren, and his whole employment consisted in the exercises of penance, the contemplation of heavenly things
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8. and conversing with God, by whom he was at length called, by a happy death, to reign eternally with Christ. His name occurs in the Roman Martyrology. (Excerpts from Fr Butler's "Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints")
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